ILLUMINA ORDERED TO PAY $115.1 MILLION IN PATENT CASE

DNA sequencing giant Illumina has been ordered by a federal court to pay Auburn, Wash.-based Syntrix Biosystems $115.1 million in a patent infringement case.

Judge Benjamin Settle of the U.S. District Court in Tacoma entered the judgment Wednesday. In March, a jury had awarded Syntrix $95.8 million. Syntrix said Illumina had violated its patent for technology using silica beads that pick up specific DNA sequences.

Illumina said Wednesday it had no comment on the continuing litigation.

Settle’s order includes the amount of the jury verdict, $7.2 million in interest and $12 million in supplemental damages. Illumina also owes an ongoing royalty of 8 percent on infringing sales, the order said.